An award-winning photographer whose work has been published in magazines include Allure, Glamour and Marie Claire is this year’s Norwich Native Son/Native Daughter.

Bill Diodato, a New York-based artist with a portfolio that includes clients around the world, will accept the award at a Nov. 14 luncheon.

“I was truly humbled by this honor and feel fortunate to have so many people in my life who care deeply for me and my work,” Diodato said in an email interview with The Bulletin Wednesday, shortly after Norwich Rotary Club president Jim O’Shea made the announcement.

The Native Son/Native Daughter award was established in 1968 to recognize outstanding achievements by city natives. Officials had to cancel the tradition last spring because of a lack of nominations. It’s sponsored by the Norwich Rotary and Women’s City Fund.

Event planners promised the annual luncheon would be back, and O’Shea said officials are happy to recognize Diodato and continue the popular banquet’s 44-year consecutive run.

“We’ve got a group of folks right now working on the plans,” O’Shea said.

Customarily held in June, O’Shea said planners are considering a permanent move to later in the year, because many of those who are honored have ties to Norwich Free Academy or other area schools.

Diodato, who attended Greeneville Elementary and graduated from Norwich Regional Technical High School in 1985, still has close ties to the city. His uncle, Donald DiFrancesca, has a law practice on Boswell Avenue, and his mother still lives in Norwich.

Diodato was nominated by Kelly Middle School history teacher Tom St. George and in September donated hundreds of his photographs to a Norwich Education Foundation art auction that brought in $2,000.

In addition to his magazine work, Diodato has photographed ad campaigns for Clinique, Clariol and Victoria’s Secret, among other companies.

Diodato said his charitable work stems from an approach instilled in him by his father, William Diodato, who died a year and a half ago and is buried in Norwich.

“My father told me that if you do great things for people, it will always fill you with positive energy. He was right,” Diodato said.